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Wawarsing town, Ulster County, NY

12,533 Population
130.5 square miles 96 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Ulster County: 44.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,813 ±$2,550 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ulster County: $47,778 ±$1,445
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,321 ±$5,434 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ulster County: $86,271 ±$2,871
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22% ±6% (2,485  ±673) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ulster County: 14.6% 25,635 (±0.9% / ±1,603)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30 minutes ±3.6 (119,285  ±19,037) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ulster County: 27.5 1,863,465 (±0.7 / ±71,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,740 ±295 Number of households
  • Ulster County: 74,278 ±803
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (10,979  ±71) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ulster County: 2.3 167,974 (±0 / ±316)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±5.6% (127  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ulster County: 4.3% † 1,718 (±0.9% / ±349)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,243 ±331 Number of housing units
  • Ulster County: 86,503 ±151
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$236,900 ±$17,206 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ulster County: $352,500 ±$6,261
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.1% ±3.7% (1,633  ±463.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ulster County: 9.7% 17,452 (±0.8% / ±1,434.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.3% ±6.4% (7,350  ±662.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ulster County: 92.2% 124,395 (±2% / ±2,683.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.1% ±3.4% (1,773  ±321.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Ulster County: 38.2% 51,591 (±1.2% / ±1,631.6)
  • about half the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.9% ±1.9% (985  ±241) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Ulster County: 8.1% 14,817
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±1.6% (510  ±162) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ulster County: 4.3% 6,469 (±0.3% / ±500)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
510 Total veterans ±162 485 Male ±160 25 Female ±29

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